The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
David Strathairn
as Edward R. Murrow
Patricia Clarkson
as Shirley Wershba
George Clooney
as Fred Friendly
Jeff Daniels
as Sig Mickelson
Robert Downey Jr.
as Joe Wershba
Frank Langella
as William Paley
Ray Wise
as Don Hollenbeck
Robert John Burke
as Charlie Mack
Reed Diamond
as John Aaron
Tate Donovan
as Jesse Zousmer
Grant Heslov
as Don Hewitt
Tom McCarthy
as Palmer Williams
